but you probably weren’t thinking that at the time
Maybe a good method to evaluate the strenght of this objection would be to invent many other scenarios that people are not thinking about when they speak about “no matter what changes the future brings”, and ask how they feel about the other scenarios. Then use them as an outside view for the change of religion.
Divorcing someone because of a change in religion brings up two points at once. The first is that they should divorce because a marriage between people with different beliefs doesn’t work. The second is that he should find divorce acceptable because he no longer believes in a religion that says divorce is unacceptable.
Assuming we’re talking about the second, then a scenario that does not involve a change in religion would be something like “I didn’t realize it, but my religion says God is okay with divorce after all”. That’s implausible without something else going on, but it’s possible that his religious leaders changed their minds, or that he misunderstood some points of his religion (for instance, perhaps his religion doesn’t consider a secular divorce to be a divorce, and finds those acceptable). I would say that under those circumstances, yes, he probably would be okay with divorce.
Good. :D
Maybe a good method to evaluate the strenght of this objection would be to invent many other scenarios that people are not thinking about when they speak about “no matter what changes the future brings”, and ask how they feel about the other scenarios. Then use them as an outside view for the change of religion.
Divorcing someone because of a change in religion brings up two points at once. The first is that they should divorce because a marriage between people with different beliefs doesn’t work. The second is that he should find divorce acceptable because he no longer believes in a religion that says divorce is unacceptable.
Assuming we’re talking about the second, then a scenario that does not involve a change in religion would be something like “I didn’t realize it, but my religion says God is okay with divorce after all”. That’s implausible without something else going on, but it’s possible that his religious leaders changed their minds, or that he misunderstood some points of his religion (for instance, perhaps his religion doesn’t consider a secular divorce to be a divorce, and finds those acceptable). I would say that under those circumstances, yes, he probably would be okay with divorce.
So the answer is yes, you can break your promise.
Is there some reason why this was modded down aside from saying things that go against people’s ideas about morality?